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Dink Smallwood. 14 classic games for free

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GENERAL INFORMATION

  1. Genre: Action RPG
  2. Release date: 1998
  3. Developer: Robinson Technologies
  4. Available at: Gamepressure.com servers

And now something special. A game so bad that actually good, and was made available for free soon after its premiere and was added several times to gaming magazines thus it had some time to become somewhat iconic. Of course, it’s Dink Smallwood - a parody of a story about several squares who go from zeros to heroes.

The story shown in the game is a fantasy pastiche and at the same time, it draws numerous inspirations from this genre. Gameplay is simple and clumpy, the same as visuals. Players defeat monsters, interact with NPCs, solve riddles, and gather increasingly effective gear. The game features a certain dose of humour and general idyllic atmosphere. Despite its simplistic gameplay mechanics, the game can be quite engaging.

HOW WELL DID IT AGE?

Dink Smallwood aged neither well nor decorously, nonetheless, it’s a simple and clear game one can quite painlessly play for a laugh. This game is mostly recommended to those who have some good memories around it.

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Hubert Sosnowski

Hubert Sosnowski

He joined GRYOnline.pl in 2017, as an author of texts about games and movies. Learned how to write articles while working for the Dzika Banda portal. His texts were published on kawerna.pl, film.onet.pl, zwierciadlo.pl, and in the Polish Playboy. Has published stories in the monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror magazine, as well as in the first volume of the Antologii Wolsung. Lives for "middle cinema" and meaty entertainment, but he won't despise any experiment or Fast and Furious. In games, looks for a good story. Loves Baldur's Gate 2, but when he sees Unreal Tournament, Doom, or a good race game, the inner child wakes up. In love with sheds and thrash metal. Since 2012, has been playing and creating live action role-playing, both within the framework of the Bialystok Larp Club Zywia, and commercial ventures in the style of Witcher School.

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